And how is this a bad thing?

Other companies make money... lots of money.


Thus Microsoft contributes to the economy and better business in general.


Bill F.

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> [url]http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=36422[/url]
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> Vista Boosts Tech IndustryPosted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 11 December
> 2006 - 16:04 · 6 comments, 396 views & no trackbacks
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> A new IDC report on the impact of Windows Vista on the industry claims
> Microsoft's business partners stand to benefit more financially from the
> operating system than Microsoft itself will in 2007. According to the
> report on the U.S. economic impact of Vista, for every one dollar
> Microsoft makes on Vista in 2007, Microsoft partners that offer software,
> hardware, and services related to Vista will make $18.
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> "If there's a surprising thing to people, it's how extensively a Microsoft
> piece of software ripples out through the ecosystem," said John Gantz, one
> of the IDC analysts who wrote the report. "Microsoft, as a software
> vendor, casts a bigger shadow than its revenues." IDC analysts Al Gillen
> and Marcel Warmerdam co-wrote the report, released today, which was
> commissioned by Microsoft. The report also says that 35 percent to 45
> percent of new PCs that ship to enterprises in 2007 will run Vista. "Some
> thought [adoption] would move faster," Gantz said. "But to me, that's
> relatively quick."
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